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Introducing "The Ongoing History of New Music": The Rock Explainer
This is the fifth edition of an occasional series called “The Rock Explainer.” The idea is to explore the strange, unexplained, and traditional aspec…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Introducing "Haunted Canada at The Briars Resort"
Whispers echo through the halls of this 1840 resort and not every footstep belongs to the living. The Briars Resort and Spa in Georgina, Ontario is a…
9 months, 1 week ago
How Owsley Stanley’s LSD Changed Music Part 2 | 55
Season 1 Episode 55
In part 2 of "How Owsley Stanley's LSD Changed Music", we dive deeper into the extraordinary story of how Owsley's homemade LSD shaped the sound and…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
How Owsley Stanley’s LSD Changed Music Part 1 | 54
Season 1 Episode 54
What happens when one man changes not just how we hear music...but the way we experience it?
Meet Augustus Owsley Stanley III...also known as “Bear.…
10 months ago
The Crimes of Chuck Berry | 53
Season 1 Episode 53
Chuck Berry is known as the “Godfather of Rock’N’Roll”
John Lennon, Paul McCartney, everyone in the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, The Beac…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Gigs for Dictators, Oligarchs, and Criminals | 52
Season 1 Episode 52
From Nelly Furtado’s million-dollar gig for the Gaddafi family to Beyoncé, Mariah Carey, and Jennifer Lopez entertaining corrupt regimes...why are so…
11 months ago
The Rap Sheet of R. Kelly | 51
Season 1 Episode 51
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11 months, 2 weeks ago
The Miami Showband Massacre | 50
Season 1 Episode 50
The 1970s were a dangerous time in Ireland. An era known as “The Troubles” began in the late 1960s. It was protestants vs. Catholics, British loyalis…
1 year ago
Dave Navarro: A Witness to Murder | 49
Season 1 Episode 49
Imagine being David, a 15-year-old kid growing up in Southern California. You’re already typically confused because, well, you’re 15. You’re an only …
1 year ago
Morris Levy’s: Music’s Most Mobbed-Up Man, Part 2 | 48
Season 1 Episode 48
The influence of organized crime extends everywhere…drugs, loan-sharking, protection rackets, shakedowns, gambling, prostitution, money laundering, w…
1 year ago